Obama, GOP Spar Over Climate Resiliency One Decade After Hurricane Katrina

President Obama and Republican lawmakers are sparring over the role that climate change plays in major storms and the extent to which coastal areas should bolster their resiliency to such events, a decade after Hurricane Katrina prompted calls by some advocates to significantly ramp up resiliency to protect against harm from storms. Speaking at a New Orleans community center on Aug. 27 -- two days before the Aug. 29 10-year anniversary of Katrina -- Obama highlighted climate resiliency measures, such...